Entries Categorized as 'Geek Gear'

Video – Color-Changing PC Lights

Date January 17, 2012

Because I can… …and because it looks cool. Yeah, my desk rocks. BTW: The song is “Some Chords” by Deadmau5 Rating 4.00 out of 5

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Have U Rebooted Yet – 054 – Gadget Fatigue

Date January 11, 2012

Rating 3.50 out of 5

Posted in Comics, Geek Gear, Have U Rebooted Yet Comments 4 Comments »

Green Gigabit Network Switches

Date May 28, 2011

Are your network switches energy efficient? I thought mine were. A couple of years ago when upgrading my network at home I installed some new 8-port D-Link Green gigabit switches. At the time I was mostly concerned with ‘jumbo packets’ and streaming media, the warranty, and the green stuff was just a nice bonus. Recently [...]

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Green Makeover – Windows Home Server Edition

Date May 21, 2011

Every time someone walks in my office and sees the setup I’m running, their response is usually, “Good lord – how much does it cost to run all this stuff?” My home office has… …a lot of stuff in it… …or so they tell me. People think I’m burning $100 bills to keep warm, but [...]

Posted in 64-bit, Geek Gear, Green, Virtualization, WHS, WHS 2011 Comments 702 Comments »

The Shirt Off My Back

Date May 19, 2011

Sitting in a conference room one day, I thought “You know what would make a great T-shirt” and told some folks my idea. They agreed, Rob dared me to shut up and do it, and I can’t turn down a dare, so this is mostly his fault. The shirt has Dale on it from the [...]

Posted in Comics, Geek Gear, Have U Rebooted Yet, Humor Comments 563 Comments »

Favorite Tech Friday – Targus 4-Outlet Travel Surge

Date March 4, 2011

Product: Targus Travel Power Outlets with Surge Protection Manufacturer: Targus Part #: APS03US MSRP: $19.99 US Street Price: about $15 US URL: http://www.targus.com/us/productdetail.aspx?regionId=7&sku=APS03US MY RATING DESCRIPTION Fantastic 4-port travel-sized surge protector. Great for sharing power in airports, charging your stuff in hotel rooms, or plugging in for presentations. PROS Illuminated power indicator 4 outlets (most [...]

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Favorite Tech Friday – IOGEAR External USB-to-DVI

Date February 25, 2011

Product: USB 2.0 External DVI Video Card Manufacturer: IOGEAR Part #: GUC2020DW6 Retail Price: $99.99 US Street Price: about $75 US URL: http://www.iogear.com/product/GUC2020DW6/ MY RATING DESCRIPTION The IOGEAR USB 2.0 External DVI Video Card instantly adds an additional high resolution DVI display through your USB 2.0 port. Install the driver, plug the adapter into the [...]

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Amazon Kindle 2 – From an SBS Geek Perspective

Date March 11, 2010

I have a lot of reading to do and I need to plow through an average of 40-80 pages from books on a daily basis. (That excludes 180-220 emails per day, blogs and websites). I don’t know if that number is high or low by your standards, but I find that each year the amount [...]

Posted in Books, Geek Gear, Mobility Comments 102 Comments »

Show Notes – July 2009 KYSBSUG Meeting

Date August 6, 2009

Here are the links from the July 2009 Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) meeting: TOPIC: “Multimedia Smackdown – Ripping DVDs and Other Cool Stuff”  TV Tuners / Streaming XBOX 360 – Media Center Extender http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/916179?sd=xbox Windows Media Center Edition (Win7) http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review Windows Home Server – Power Pack 3 http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2009/07/17/windows-home-server-power-pack-3-beta-includes-enhancements-for-windows-7-based-computers.aspx  MCE Buddy – Remove [...]

Posted in Geek Gear, KYSBSUG, Live Events Comments 137 Comments »

Pregnant Women Firing Model Rockets

Date June 1, 2007

Today in Madison, Wisconsin USA I saw half a dozen pregnant women firing off model rockets in a field…. I think I will call this picture, “Rocket Moms“ (c) 2007 Tim Barrett, All Rights Reserved Warning: You have now reached the end of the Internet. Rating 3.00 out of 5

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